Personal Narrative-My Decision To Join Cross Country

Grit Paragraph When I was in 8th grade, I decided to join cross country; I was unaware of just how much grit it would take to run it. It was my first practice, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. The first thing we did was go to a little isolated plain of grass and stretch to prepare our muscles for the running. While we were running I told myself, “I got this.” Practice was pretty simple and I thought I had the whole idea down. After about a week or so, we had our first meet. When we got there my stomach was turning and I could feel the pressure flowing throughout my veins. We stretched to prepare like we always did in practice. After that it was time to get on the line. Nervous as ever, I stood there trembling waiting to get my first race over with. We started and I wanted to get ahead of everyone so I made a poor decision to sprint to the …show more content…
After laying it all on the line with my fierce start, I started to get more and more tired. I started to slow down and breath heavier and heavier, my body drenched in sweat and my uniform sticking to my skin. I was starting to fall behind but I knew that if I wanted to impress my coaches and my parents, I had to keep going. I started to grit my teeth and push to move on. I was exhausted but I had to shoot all the little “I cants” in my head away with bullets of positivity. After I kept pushing I finally saw the largely anticipated finish line in sight, I gave it my all and finally hit the line. It took a lot of grit to do what I did that day, but now looking back I know it was more than worth it. I continue to push myself in cross country and track to do the best that I